This provision is not mandatory, however most Member States use it in practice by host Member States' liaison offices to deliver documents to service providers in home Member States and it works well, in general, even in Member States which have not transposed it.
Hoewel deze bepaling niet dwingend is, maken de verbindingsbureaus van de meeste lidstaten van ontvangst in de praktijk gebruik van deze voorziening voor het bezorgen van stukken aan dienstverrichters in de lidstaat van herkomst.